Subhash Park in Kochi, Kerala, will soon be aflutter with butterflies and moths. ICLEI South Asia is setting up a pollinator garden there under the INTERACT-Bio project. This initiative has been launched in the month of September and coincides with the Big Butterfly Month. The INTERACT-Bio project is funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of the
Thirty-eight mayors and city representatives from six countries in South Asia – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives – have called for greater action to improve air quality, on the occasion of the United Nations’ first International Day of Clean Air for blue skies on September 7, 2020. To mark the day,
ICLEI South Asia and CDKN organised a series of webinars on climate resilience and its various aspects, including urban and peri-urban planning, gender, and green economic recovery in the context of COVID-19. The webinars were held every Thursday of August 2020. The objective of the session on Climate Resilience Planning and Action: Experiences from South
ICLEI South Asia, the Climate Development and Knowledge Network (CDKN) Asia Coordinator, organised an online Policy Dialogue on Peri-Urban Ecosystems – Potential for a Planned Approach in India on the 25th of August 2020. Field experts from various organisations participated in the dialogue and gave their feedback on the brief prepared by the CDKN Asia
ICLEI South Asia has developed the Illustrated Urban Biodiversity Map of Nagpur, as part of the assignment on the development of a People’s Biodiversity Register for the Nagpur Municipal Corporation. The map depicts the biodiversity of the city and is an effective tool to communicate the significance of urban biodiversity to the citizens of Nagpur. ICLEI
In response to the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak, the ALP organized an online session on economic recovery and visioning for the power sector’s transformation. An expert from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory made a presentation on a framework to consider actions and investments in the power sector. See speaker slides and webinar recording here.
The case study developed by the ALP discusses the framework recommended for developing an electric mobility policy in Sri Lanka. It also highlights the existing scenario of the mobility sector in Sri Lanka, initiatives taken by the government pertaining to electric mobility. This framework is expected to help the Government of Sri Lanka to position
The election process for ICLEI South Asia’s new Regional Executive Committee or RexCom (2021 – 2024) is well underway. The RexCom represents ICLEI Membership from South Asia and makes decisions on policy to be applied in the region. It also designates a regional representative to the ICLEI Global Executive Committee (GexCom) from among its ranks.
Wild edible plants play an important role in the food of the communities living in Goa. While they form a significant portion of the cuisine in different seasons, they often remain undocumented. These biological resources are vanishing fast due to rapid urbanisation, and with them the associated traditional ecological knowledge. To counter this trend and
ICLEI South Asia implemented a tactical intervention outside Vidya Bhawan pre-primary school in Udaipur to slow down traffic for the safety of students under the Urban95 programme in October 2019. The intervention was well received by the stakeholders, who included the city authorities, officials from the traffic police department, school authorities, young schoolchildren, and their
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